The license fee is the number on the proposal. These 10 costs arrive after the contract is signed, and the biggest never shows up on an invoice.
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10 MGMA 2026 sessions physicians can’t afford to miss
Author(s)Austin Littrell
Fact checked by: Keith A. Reynolds, Kirsty Mackay
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MGMA’s 100th-anniversary conference runs Sept. 27-30 in San Antonio, and these 10 sessions put physician contracts, compensation and legal exposure on the table.
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A program written for administrators
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) holds its
Physicians are still the subject of much of it. Payer contracts get signed over a physician’s name. Compensation formulas get rebuilt around a physician’s productivity. The Medicare rules that set the rates are argued in Washington by people who will be standing on a stage in San Antonio, taking questions.
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